Re: Upgrading packages?

1999-11-23 Thread peter karlsson
Julian Gilbey: > 6 < 52. See the packaging manual, section 5. Your solution seems > reasonable if the intention is that 0.52 < 0.6. It is indeed the case. The program uses numeric numbering (which is not as common on Unix/Linux programs as otherwise, and this program is a multi-platform program

Re: setgid stuff

1999-11-23 Thread peter karlsson
Peter S Galbraith: > Which group to use? I don't know... Where do I look/ask? > Can debhelper do this? Yes, see the man page for dh_suidregister Thanks, I will. -- \\// peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/

Re: setgid stuff

1999-11-23 Thread peter karlsson
Peter S Galbraith: > Can debhelper do this? Yes, see the man page for dh_suidregister I can't figure it out. I have created a debian/suid file: ===[ cut ]=== jwhois /usr/bin/jwhois root users 2755 ===[ cut ]=== But when I try to install, all I get is: Setting up jwhois (2.3pre3-1) ... Install

Re: setgid stuff

1999-11-23 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 02:47:31PM +0100, peter karlsson wrote: > Peter S Galbraith: > > > Can debhelper do this? Yes, see the man page for dh_suidregister > > I can't figure it out. I have created a debian/suid file: > > ===[ cut ]=== > jwhois /usr/bin/jwhois root users 2755 > ===[ cut ]=== N

Re: setgid stuff

1999-11-23 Thread peter karlsson
Julian Gilbey: > chmod 2755 /usr/bin/jwhois I can't seem to get this (+chown) past. I'm creating the package using fakeroot, which might be the problem. -- \\// peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/

Re: setgid stuff

1999-11-23 Thread Joey Hess
peter karlsson wrote: > ===[ cut ]=== > jwhois /usr/bin/jwhois root users 2755 > ===[ cut ]=== > > dh_suidregister > Use of uninitialized value at /usr/bin/dh_suidregister line 51. > Use of uninitialized value at /usr/bin/dh_suidregister line 56. > Use of uninitialized value at /usr/bin/dh_suidreg